Peppe Silletti
@peppesilletti.io
Kick-ass Fractional Product Engineer for Startups and Scaleups. Builder. System-thinker | On the mission to help techies cross every damn lane they want | Founder Product Engineers Community
I’d love to see more people sharing their stories about solving product challenges. We often get caught up in evangelising tools, frameworks, or methodologies in isolation, but what’s actually valuable is understanding why and when they work well.
July 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’d love to see more people sharing their stories about solving product challenges. We often get caught up in evangelising tools, frameworks, or methodologies in isolation, but what’s actually valuable is understanding why and when they work well.
Discovery calls gave us so much valuable information, and my brain now screams for order, structure, and a hint of what's coming next. I need to see the picture on the puzzle box so I can start assembling the pieces one by one and make sense of everything.
peppesilletti.substack.com/p/how-to-unf...
peppesilletti.substack.com/p/how-to-unf...
How to unf*ck the "what are we even building”?
The work on Vera Field continues, and after many discovery calls, we got a good overview of all the challenges field technicians face when creating service documentation and how we can support them.
peppesilletti.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Discovery calls gave us so much valuable information, and my brain now screams for order, structure, and a hint of what's coming next. I need to see the picture on the puzzle box so I can start assembling the pieces one by one and make sense of everything.
peppesilletti.substack.com/p/how-to-unf...
peppesilletti.substack.com/p/how-to-unf...
Documenting my journey co-building a bootstrapped B2B micro-saas : open.substack.com/pub/peppesil...
"Want to build something?"
Building a bootstrapped micro-saas and experimenting with V0
open.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Documenting my journey co-building a bootstrapped B2B micro-saas : open.substack.com/pub/peppesil...
Finally had some time to build my own version of my Digital Garden.
The concept of #digitalgarden really suits the way I think and approach content: not a series of time-ordered blog posts, but a network of non-necessarely-completed items that grow over time and are interconnected to each other.
The concept of #digitalgarden really suits the way I think and approach content: not a series of time-ordered blog posts, but a network of non-necessarely-completed items that grow over time and are interconnected to each other.
May 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Finally had some time to build my own version of my Digital Garden.
The concept of #digitalgarden really suits the way I think and approach content: not a series of time-ordered blog posts, but a network of non-necessarely-completed items that grow over time and are interconnected to each other.
The concept of #digitalgarden really suits the way I think and approach content: not a series of time-ordered blog posts, but a network of non-necessarely-completed items that grow over time and are interconnected to each other.
Every time I open the code editor—poof!—the name of the person who wrote a line of code pops up, reminding me that every decision I take today will be written in stone. I'll be judged and damned for eternity by every developer that'll come after me.
February 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Every time I open the code editor—poof!—the name of the person who wrote a line of code pops up, reminding me that every decision I take today will be written in stone. I'll be judged and damned for eternity by every developer that'll come after me.
My two favorite ways to use Cursor to speed up my development:
1) Exploring a new, unfamiliar codebase
2) Generate the scaffolding for new features
👇
1) Exploring a new, unfamiliar codebase
2) Generate the scaffolding for new features
👇
February 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My two favorite ways to use Cursor to speed up my development:
1) Exploring a new, unfamiliar codebase
2) Generate the scaffolding for new features
👇
1) Exploring a new, unfamiliar codebase
2) Generate the scaffolding for new features
👇
Engineers who think beyond code: welcome home. We launched a community for product engineers!
Share knowledge, discuss practices, and grow together.
No gurus – just practitioners helping each other build better products.
Ask to join here: z0xsrwr8ltf.typeform.com/to/Y5yUYrif
Share knowledge, discuss practices, and grow together.
No gurus – just practitioners helping each other build better products.
Ask to join here: z0xsrwr8ltf.typeform.com/to/Y5yUYrif
January 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Engineers who think beyond code: welcome home. We launched a community for product engineers!
Share knowledge, discuss practices, and grow together.
No gurus – just practitioners helping each other build better products.
Ask to join here: z0xsrwr8ltf.typeform.com/to/Y5yUYrif
Share knowledge, discuss practices, and grow together.
No gurus – just practitioners helping each other build better products.
Ask to join here: z0xsrwr8ltf.typeform.com/to/Y5yUYrif
Just want to publicly thank @maggieappleton.com for making it possible to discover Digital Gardens through her article maggieappleton.com/garden-history
It gave me hope for a better way of sharing content online.
I got into a rabbit hole and came out with my digital garden V1: peppesilletti.io
🙏
It gave me hope for a better way of sharing content online.
I got into a rabbit hole and came out with my digital garden V1: peppesilletti.io
🙏
Start Here
peppesilletti.io
January 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just want to publicly thank @maggieappleton.com for making it possible to discover Digital Gardens through her article maggieappleton.com/garden-history
It gave me hope for a better way of sharing content online.
I got into a rabbit hole and came out with my digital garden V1: peppesilletti.io
🙏
It gave me hope for a better way of sharing content online.
I got into a rabbit hole and came out with my digital garden V1: peppesilletti.io
🙏
Let's say I build an entire software system all by myself. It goes into production. It works fine. Quality is decent. The company makes money.
Question: Is my work considered less "software engineering" compared to the same system being built by a team of 10 people?
Question: Is my work considered less "software engineering" compared to the same system being built by a team of 10 people?
January 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Let's say I build an entire software system all by myself. It goes into production. It works fine. Quality is decent. The company makes money.
Question: Is my work considered less "software engineering" compared to the same system being built by a team of 10 people?
Question: Is my work considered less "software engineering" compared to the same system being built by a team of 10 people?
One thing is true: it's more fun looking for solutions than just implementing them.
January 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One thing is true: it's more fun looking for solutions than just implementing them.
Are forums still a thing? Really miss them.
The welcome thread...
People actually getting to know you...
A real sense of community!
The welcome thread...
People actually getting to know you...
A real sense of community!
December 30, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Are forums still a thing? Really miss them.
The welcome thread...
People actually getting to know you...
A real sense of community!
The welcome thread...
People actually getting to know you...
A real sense of community!
I've been using Cursor since July while building the new Yoop Knows backend. It's been a life saver.
Once the project started to have a defined shape with recurring patterns, it became quite good at generating new stuff or with autocompletion.
I'm going so fast and all I'm doing is reviewing code.
Once the project started to have a defined shape with recurring patterns, it became quite good at generating new stuff or with autocompletion.
I'm going so fast and all I'm doing is reviewing code.
December 27, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I've been using Cursor since July while building the new Yoop Knows backend. It's been a life saver.
Once the project started to have a defined shape with recurring patterns, it became quite good at generating new stuff or with autocompletion.
I'm going so fast and all I'm doing is reviewing code.
Once the project started to have a defined shape with recurring patterns, it became quite good at generating new stuff or with autocompletion.
I'm going so fast and all I'm doing is reviewing code.
Reposted by Peppe Silletti
The biggest challenge right now is not to prompt an AI model to produce code. Almost anyone can do that.
The challenge is to validate that this code is actually doing what you want it to do. The challenge is to understand how to improve it, fix it, and update it.
The challenge is to validate that this code is actually doing what you want it to do. The challenge is to understand how to improve it, fix it, and update it.
December 26, 2024 at 6:14 PM
The biggest challenge right now is not to prompt an AI model to produce code. Almost anyone can do that.
The challenge is to validate that this code is actually doing what you want it to do. The challenge is to understand how to improve it, fix it, and update it.
The challenge is to validate that this code is actually doing what you want it to do. The challenge is to understand how to improve it, fix it, and update it.
I think my curse is that I started to build software out of fun when I was just 14 yo, and fell in love with it.
When someone suggests that I should just get my paycheck and care less about “how we should be working”, I always think about the feeling of freedom building stuff with code gave me.
When someone suggests that I should just get my paycheck and care less about “how we should be working”, I always think about the feeling of freedom building stuff with code gave me.
December 26, 2024 at 2:26 PM
I think my curse is that I started to build software out of fun when I was just 14 yo, and fell in love with it.
When someone suggests that I should just get my paycheck and care less about “how we should be working”, I always think about the feeling of freedom building stuff with code gave me.
When someone suggests that I should just get my paycheck and care less about “how we should be working”, I always think about the feeling of freedom building stuff with code gave me.
Merry Christmas! 🎅
First year dressing as Santa, the kids kept their distance.
Never trust strangers 🤣
I guess the cat could smell me just fine.
#christmas #dad #santa
First year dressing as Santa, the kids kept their distance.
Never trust strangers 🤣
I guess the cat could smell me just fine.
#christmas #dad #santa
December 25, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Merry Christmas! 🎅
First year dressing as Santa, the kids kept their distance.
Never trust strangers 🤣
I guess the cat could smell me just fine.
#christmas #dad #santa
First year dressing as Santa, the kids kept their distance.
Never trust strangers 🤣
I guess the cat could smell me just fine.
#christmas #dad #santa
This year I've loved every second of my experience designing the new Yoop Knows' UI. There's a certain magic to thinking about how people will use what you're making. That human connection was lacking when I was just writing code.
December 24, 2024 at 4:30 PM
This year I've loved every second of my experience designing the new Yoop Knows' UI. There's a certain magic to thinking about how people will use what you're making. That human connection was lacking when I was just writing code.
People that I follow have likely done something for the community over the years.
The ones who just talk philosophy are still interesting, but it makes you ask when they’ll get to something practical.
I need to do more myself, I talk too much.
The ones who just talk philosophy are still interesting, but it makes you ask when they’ll get to something practical.
I need to do more myself, I talk too much.
December 20, 2024 at 12:51 PM
People that I follow have likely done something for the community over the years.
The ones who just talk philosophy are still interesting, but it makes you ask when they’ll get to something practical.
I need to do more myself, I talk too much.
The ones who just talk philosophy are still interesting, but it makes you ask when they’ll get to something practical.
I need to do more myself, I talk too much.
Inspired by @johncrickett.bsky.social's Coding Challenges, I'm thinking about creating Product Engineering Challenges.
Still technical, but starting from a user problem, then do research, design, implementation etc..
Using AI will be of huge help here.
I'll do one myself first.
#buildinpublic
Still technical, but starting from a user problem, then do research, design, implementation etc..
Using AI will be of huge help here.
I'll do one myself first.
#buildinpublic
December 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Inspired by @johncrickett.bsky.social's Coding Challenges, I'm thinking about creating Product Engineering Challenges.
Still technical, but starting from a user problem, then do research, design, implementation etc..
Using AI will be of huge help here.
I'll do one myself first.
#buildinpublic
Still technical, but starting from a user problem, then do research, design, implementation etc..
Using AI will be of huge help here.
I'll do one myself first.
#buildinpublic
Reddit, but with real names only
December 18, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Reddit, but with real names only
The older I get, the more I realise how much I crave real community: connection, shared stories, support. But work often feels like a reflection of society: individual wins over collaboration.
What if work = community? Shared values, teamwork, purpose.
No one builds great things alone.
What if work = community? Shared values, teamwork, purpose.
No one builds great things alone.
December 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM
The older I get, the more I realise how much I crave real community: connection, shared stories, support. But work often feels like a reflection of society: individual wins over collaboration.
What if work = community? Shared values, teamwork, purpose.
No one builds great things alone.
What if work = community? Shared values, teamwork, purpose.
No one builds great things alone.
The product engineer role is a big bet for me.
My idea is that we should focus on getting better at the intersections of product development, rather then focusing on getting super productive in every single department.
It could be a terrible idea, maybe delusional.
But I want to explore it.
My idea is that we should focus on getting better at the intersections of product development, rather then focusing on getting super productive in every single department.
It could be a terrible idea, maybe delusional.
But I want to explore it.
December 13, 2024 at 9:58 AM
The product engineer role is a big bet for me.
My idea is that we should focus on getting better at the intersections of product development, rather then focusing on getting super productive in every single department.
It could be a terrible idea, maybe delusional.
But I want to explore it.
My idea is that we should focus on getting better at the intersections of product development, rather then focusing on getting super productive in every single department.
It could be a terrible idea, maybe delusional.
But I want to explore it.
Tests should read like stories, showing how users interact with your system.
1) Start from the most external interface (e.g., API) to reflect user behavior.
2) Hide API call logic to keep tests focused and adaptable.
3) Pass only if the system changes state as expected.
1) Start from the most external interface (e.g., API) to reflect user behavior.
2) Hide API call logic to keep tests focused and adaptable.
3) Pass only if the system changes state as expected.
December 12, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Tests should read like stories, showing how users interact with your system.
1) Start from the most external interface (e.g., API) to reflect user behavior.
2) Hide API call logic to keep tests focused and adaptable.
3) Pass only if the system changes state as expected.
1) Start from the most external interface (e.g., API) to reflect user behavior.
2) Hide API call logic to keep tests focused and adaptable.
3) Pass only if the system changes state as expected.
Reading this message from Kent Beck felt comforting.
He’s such a brilliant thinker who’s contributed so much to how we develop software, yet even his ideas struggle to be fully understood or applied in practice.
I suppose that’s normal, software dev is shaped by the context of a company/product.
He’s such a brilliant thinker who’s contributed so much to how we develop software, yet even his ideas struggle to be fully understood or applied in practice.
I suppose that’s normal, software dev is shaped by the context of a company/product.
December 7, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Reading this message from Kent Beck felt comforting.
He’s such a brilliant thinker who’s contributed so much to how we develop software, yet even his ideas struggle to be fully understood or applied in practice.
I suppose that’s normal, software dev is shaped by the context of a company/product.
He’s such a brilliant thinker who’s contributed so much to how we develop software, yet even his ideas struggle to be fully understood or applied in practice.
I suppose that’s normal, software dev is shaped by the context of a company/product.
Often the problem is that other people don’t accept the fact that you can learn and improve.
They think you are the impostor and that’s not something you can change.
They think you are the impostor and that’s not something you can change.
Impostor syndrome: “I don't know what I'm doing. It's only a matter of time until everyone finds out."
Growth mindset: "I don't know what I'm doing yet. It's only a matter of time until I figure it out."
The highest form of self-confidence is believing in your ability to learn.
Growth mindset: "I don't know what I'm doing yet. It's only a matter of time until I figure it out."
The highest form of self-confidence is believing in your ability to learn.
December 5, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Often the problem is that other people don’t accept the fact that you can learn and improve.
They think you are the impostor and that’s not something you can change.
They think you are the impostor and that’s not something you can change.